Body mass index and mortality among hospitalized patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2641-2644

  Landi, Francesco ^a   Onder, Graziano ^a   Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b   Pedone, Claudio ^a   Carbonin, PierUgo ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034715221     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.17.2641     Document Type: Article

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